The Tang Dynasty, like the Western Han Dynasty, was also a great era of cattle people, among which there was a lonely and unknown scholar wang Xuance, who was originally only a small emissary in charge of foreign affairs, but as a result, he created a military miracle of "one person destroying 3 countries and sweeping a large area" in the process of sending to India.
What is even more amusing is that after this unauthorized Wang Xuance returned to China, he was not only not held responsible, but also praised and rewarded by Emperor Taizong.
01. Wang Xuance, a small civilian official from a county order, unexpectedly received a "glorious mission" to India.
Wang Xuance was originally a small county commander in the border area of Guangxi, but because the official was too small and did not have any political achievements, there is no record of his origin in history.
In 643, XiaoXian gave Wang Xuance a chance to show his face and sent an envoy to Tianzhu. The mission of this visit was simple, and the small mission of only about 20 people in total was led by Li Yibiao, a protector of the Upper Guard, and Wang Xuance served as deputy envoy, and their main task was to escort the envoys of the Magadha kingdom back to China.
After the matter went well and returned to Chang'an, Wang Xuance's official became the governor of the Right Governor, Shi, that is, a high-ranking staff officer in the prince's escort army.
02. He went to India again, encountered a coup d'état in the envoy country, and unexpectedly became a prisoner of the order.
Soon, the above once again sent him on a mission to India. The difference is that this time Wang Xuance became the main envoy, and the deputy envoy was Jiang Shiren, who also left many records of him in history.
Originally, the emperor wanted Wei Chi Jingde to send an envoy to India, but everyone knew that this was a chore, and the last operation became a matter for Wang Xuance.
If you do the math, you will know how bitter this mission is: from Chang'an to India, it takes a total of more than 32,000 miles, which is longer than the Long March, and the road basically takes nearly a year.
Wang Xuance. Missions are not all good messengers
Wang Xuance's mission this time had a total of 36 people, and the purpose of the mission was to go to India for cultural exchanges, that is, to understand the situation in India.
At that time, India was divided into many small countries, except for the Magadha state in north India, which had a strong proportion, the other countries were relatively weak, similar to the early Warring States period of China's Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
After Wang Xuance and his party arrived in India smoothly, many small and small kings sent envoys to see Wang Xuance with their belongings, preparing to go to the Tang Dynasty to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty when Wang Xuance returned to the Tang Dynasty.
However, unexpectedly, luo Yiduo, the king of Zhongtianzhu who had received the Tang monk (Xuanzang), died. Since he had no sons to succeed to the throne, the chancellor Alona Shun took the opportunity to usurp the throne.
AlonaShun did not know why he had the wrong nerves, he not only launched a coup d'état, he also took the initiative to attack Wang Xuance's diplomatic delegation. As a result, Wang Xuance and his party, who had only 36 people, were captured alive, and all their belongings were robbed.
Fortunately, the guards were not very strict, and Wang Xuance and Jiang Shiren took advantage of the night to find an opportunity to grab their horses and escape.
03. "I never cause trouble, but I am never afraid of things", "I never remember revenge, because all my hatreds are repaid on the spot." ”
Alona became king, and because he offended the envoys of the Tang Dynasty, he successfully added himself to the "death list".
According to the general thinking of "normal" people, Wang Xuance should quickly report the situation and wait for further instructions from his superiors, because if you have reported it, your superiors will generally not pursue the problem of your ineffective handling.
But this Wang Xuance is not an ordinary person, but a second-like person.
Wang Xuance thought: If only I was robbed and imprisoned, I would have recognized it; now I can't pretend to be a bear, because wang Xuance represents Datang and represents the face of Datang.
The blood naturally rushed to Wang Xuance's head. It is not enough to have hot blood, what should we do?
The road back to Datang was too far, so Wang Xuance turned his horse head and went east to Tubo, where he sent a message to recruit troops.
Why was Wang Xuance able to recruit an army in Tibet? Because Songzan Gampo of Tubo had just married Princess Wencheng of the Tang Dynasty at that time, the relationship with the Tang Dynasty was quite good.
Another favorable factor is that the nibhara (Nepal) south of Tufan also married princess Zhizun to Songtsen Gampo, so that the Tang Dynasty, Tufan, and Nibola all became relatives.
So Wang Xuance went to the mud Borneo country again, and the result was that the flicker became: Songtsen Gampo gave Wang Xuance 1200 Tubo elites, and Nepal was more generous, and 7000 mud Borneo cavalry were produced.
So Wang Xuance and Jiang Shiren led the army back to the Zhongtian Zhu Kingdom.
04. "Whoever offends my great Han will be punished from afar", the king abandoned Yang Ce to destroy 3 countries in a war, and the entire small country of Central India fell to their knees and begged for forgiveness.
Wang Xuance fought with Alonashun for three days, attacking the tea and luocheng in Zhongtianzhu, and more than 3,000 Indians were beheaded, and nearly 10,000 people died in the water.
Alona Shun took advantage of the chaos to run away, gathered scattered troops, and then fought against King Xuan Ce.
AlonaShun fled in defeat and led the army to fight again, this time, he was not so lucky, Jiang Shiren directly captured Alonashun.
Wang Xuance led his troops to cover up the past and captured the princess and prince alive, and also captured 12,000 people and more than 30,000 cattle and horses. The whole of Central India was stunned by Wang Xuance, and more than 580 cities and pools came to surrender.
Wang Xuance was not satisfied with this result, because when Alona Shun of Zhongtianzhu was doing things, the king of Eastern Tianzhu, Kumo, helped Alona Shun.
Wang Xuance was a person who did not like to remember revenge, because he was accustomed to immediately repaying the revenge at once, so he whipped the army towards The Eastern Tianzhu and destroyed the Eastern Tianzhu with a snap of his fingers.
Wang Xuance vs. Alonashun
Next to Dong Tianzhu was the Jiawu Road Kingdom, which was also frightened, and although it did not participate in the fight from beginning to end, it also hurriedly offered treasures and maps, showed favor to Wang Xuance, and handed in the surrender table like Dong Tianzhu.
This time, Wang Ce felt that his anger was almost out: My Tang Dynasty Guowei is not something that anyone can offend and insult at will, and those who offend me in the Tang Dynasty will be punished from afar!
Wang Xuance returned to Chang'an with a rich trophy and hundreds of Indian princes captured, and Tang Taizong's mouth was very closed, not only did not hold Wang Xuance responsible, but also named him "Chaosan Dafu" as a reward.
Conclusion: Wang Xuance gloriously protected the Great Tang Dynasty in this battle, showing the wisdom and hardness unique to the eastern powers! During his travels, Wang Xuance also created ten volumes and three volumes of the "Chronicle of the Journey of the Zhongtianzhu Kingdom", brought back Indian treasures such as jewels, large pearls, ivory pagodas, relic pagodas, and Buddha seals, and introduced India's advanced sugar-making technology, becoming the main pioneer of the Sino-Indian "Silk Road".